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May 3, 2007 | 02:24 PM

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dash going crazy

when im at WOT my dash goes crazy, all the lights go on and off and alle the gauges go to 0 then back to normal. any ideas what the problem is? 99 ss btw

May 3, 2007 | 02:48 PM

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Sounds to me like your car is scaring the **** out of itself!

May 3, 2007 | 03:29 PM

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All the gauges dropping to zero and then going back to normal is something like a system reset. I use to have that, especially on cold days, when I started my car. It turned out that my battery was defective. It had enough power to start the car, but nothing else got power when it was cranking over, so the whole system would reset (although the stereo never locked, so maybe the dash is more sensitive?). When that happened, my trip meter would reset as well. Are you having that?

May 3, 2007 | 04:05 PM

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Check your battery connections and hold down if only at WOT. If you're getting the '99 trip reset/gauge sweep on start up have the battery load tested if the connections are good.

May 3, 2007 | 11:39 PM

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thanks guys. i just put a new alternator and optima in the car about 2 months ago. ill check the battery in the morning and all its connections.

May 5, 2007 | 02:53 AM

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well its still going crazy. went to the trzck tonight and it was a waste of time since i couldnt see what rpm's i was running at. the weird thing is that its making my hid's cut on/off also. i guss its time to check wires

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